Windows XP
1) The easiest method is to simply
right click on a file that you want to
open. Select 'Open With...', then
'Choose Program...'.
From the dialog box that pops up
select the program you want to make
the default application (if it was a
doc file then select swriter if you
want Open Office to handle these files
or Microsoft Word if you prefer that).
You should be able to find it, but if
you can't you can press 'Browse' and
search for the program's main
executable file.
Select "Always use the selected
program to open this kind of file",
and press OK. Now this program is the
default. You can repeat this process
for various file types (e.g. doc, xls
etc.).
2) Or tell Windows what program to use
to open what type of files:
This application has been reported to
be successful in this forum. Running
this utility should set the
associations correctly: OOoAssociation
Utility.
3) The other option is to open Windows
Explorer and then select:
Tools->Folder Options...->File Types
From here you can find a particular
file type such as 'doc', and press
'Change' and you will be presented
with the same dialog as in step 1. You
can use this list to quickly set the
default application for all the
relevant file types.
Windows Vista
Methods 1 and 2 for Windows XP will work for Vista too, but there is also another option. It's not often I have good things to say about Vista, but I am pleased to announce that this is definitely one occasion where it can make life easier.
4) Start button->Control Panel->Programs->Default Programs->Set your default programs
. Now find OpenOffice.org or Microsoft Office in the list and after selecting the appropriate one you can either choose 'Set this program as default' to make it the default application for all file types it can handle in one fell swoop, or 'Choose defaults for this program' to quickly pick the file types you would like this program to handle.
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